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When close friends have different relationships with wanting children

My best friend and I are both in our late thirties and she's been trying to get pregnant for two years while I've been actively avoiding it, and we used to talk about everything but now there's this careful dance around the subject that's making both of us feel alone in our choices. We keep having surface-level conversations about 'someday' and 'when the time is right' but we're both scared to say what we actually think about motherhood, timing, and what we really want.

The deeper question

Two people are navigating divergent paths around motherhood while trying to preserve intimacy without judgment or performance.

Concept: authentic intimacy

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